Nonesuch Press

London, England. Started in 1922 by Francis Meynell, his wife Vera, and David Garnett. It received its name from a Tudor palace. Its first edition, John Donne Love Poems. was issued in 1923. It usually tried to publish books which were out of print or hard to get. Unlike most other fine publishers, it designed its publications on a small Albion, but then sent them out to a commercial printing house to be produced. This resulted in a quality product at much lower rates than most fine presses. The twenties and thirties were the high points for this press but it continued until the 1960s. In 2005, Peter Mayer purchased the press to reissue some of the editions.

The Book of Ruth.

Nonesuch Press. 1923. #208 of 250.

Anacreon.

Done Into English Out of the Original Greek. Abraham Cowley and S. B. Engravings by Stephen Gooden. Nonesuch Press. 1923. #25 of 725. Signed by Stephen Gooden. In cardboard case.